In Missouri: A Beastly Display

Dave Hale is just a touch worn down, maybe about nine-tenths beaten to a
frazzle. But he hangs in there, functioning on pride and coffee. He
sells a porcupine for $100, which is about $98.75 more than any
porcupine that can't play God Bless America on the musical goose-horns
is worth. He sells an ostrich egg for $17, a slink of ferrets for $21
apiece, two ducks for $4 each, and a pregnant monkey named Bonnie for
$575. A female African lion cub, not more than 6 in. high, 30 in. long
including tail,...